====== Setting expectations ======

We would be pleased if you decided to submit a paper based on your talk at CSSP 2019 to the volume EISS 13. At the same time, in order to help set expectations, please make sure that you agree with the following **seven points** before deciding to submit. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

  - **If you have already published or intend to publish the essential content of your paper elsewhere during the next few years, then we would prefer that you didn't submit your paper to the volume.** It takes a lot of effort to edit a volume, and so we would naturally like for the volume to be as unique as possible. It wouldn't be worth the effort if we simply reproduced papers that are published elsewhere. By "essential content" is meant the data together with the analysis minus cosmetic changes to the text. If you plan to include the essential content of your paper later in a longer journal article or book chapter, this is acceptable.
  - **Every paper will be reviewed by one person external to the volume.** If the review of a paper is negative, the editors may decide to reject the paper for publication, but depending on the situation, they may solicit a second opinion before making such a decision. It's expected that in practice, a paper would be rejected on the basis of content only in an extreme case where the author has been careless or negligent, so the main point is simply that papers are reviewed and aren't accepted in advance.
  - **There are two main deadlines to respect, [[start|the first]] for the initial version of your paper, and the second, for the revised version.** Naturally, it can sometimes happen that authors aren't able to meet a deadline, in which case a reasonable extension can be granted, but a significant delay may result in the editors' deciding to reject the paper on the basis of lateness.
  - **There is a [[style_sheet|style sheet]] for the volume that you should do your best to follow when writing your paper.** Flagrant disregard for the style sheet on the part of authors may result in the editors' deciding that the extra editorial work posed for them by the paper simply isn't worth the effort.
  - **There is a [[latex_template|LaTeX template]] for the volume that you should use when writing your paper.**((In this connection, see also [[latex_bibtex_advice|LaTeX and BibTeX advice]].)) The use of LaTeX is a near-hard requirement, but exceptions can be made, if necessary. If your paper needs to be an exception, please get in touch with the editors beforehand. Please be aware that there's no one on this side who is paid to format the volume, nor is the volume sent to a country with lower wages to be formatted. On this side, it's just the two editors, who edit the volume on a voluntary, unpaid basis.
  - **The [[start|page limit]] for your paper will be strictly enforced.** In the interest of fairness and in order to keep the volume manageable, no exceptions to the page limit will be made.
  - **If you're uncertain about your written English, we expect you to have your paper proofread for grammar and style before submitting it.** For obvious reasons.

Our initial aim is to complete the volume by the end of 2020, but whether this is feasible also depends on the timing and work of the authors and reviewers, so we can't yet say for certain that we'll be able to complete the volume by the end of 2020.